Hazy shade of pollution

Getty Images photo by Ed Jones

A blanket of haze hangs over the Hong Kong skyline Sunday. A survey released at the end of 2010 by public policy think tank Civic Exchange found one-quarter of residents would like to leave Hong Kong to escape its pollution after levels reached a record high, prompting government warnings to people to avoid going out.

A blanket of haze hangs over the Hong Kong skyline Sunday. A survey released at the end of 2010 by public policy think tank Civic Exchange found one-quarter of residents would like to leave Hong Kong to escape its pollution after levels reached a record high, prompting government warnings to people to avoid going out. (Getty Images photo by Ed Jones)

A blanket of haze hangs over the Hong Kong skyline Sunday. A survey released at the end of 2010 by public policy think tank Civic Exchange found one-quarter of residents would like to leave Hong Kong to escape its pollution after levels reached a record high, prompting government warnings to people to avoid going out.